Drinking Song chords by Loudon Wainwright III

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Intro 1

Drunk

Verse 1
men stagger,
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drunk men fall
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Drunk men swear and that's not all
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Quite often they will urinate
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outdoors
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Verse 2

Like widowed women, drunk men weep

Like children curled up, drunk men sleep

Like a dog,

a drunk will crawl around on all fours

Verse 3
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Be he broke bum or rich rake
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His dinner be  it bread or cake
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His beverage be the worse of whiskey,
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finest wine
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Verse 4
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Puke it stinks and so  it seems
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That drunkards go to great extremes
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But there has yet to be a perfectly
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straight high
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Verse 5
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Drunks talk strong when
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drunks are weak
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It's easy for a   drunk to speak
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Straight from the heart
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Verse 6
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Yeah, drunks will fight
they're not afraid
They'll kiss the mistress
and make the maid
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It's a manly art

Verse 7
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Oh, but big toll will take
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Blood vessels in nose will break
Bags beneath the eyes,
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another sign
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Verse 8
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Drunks get ugly, so it seems
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That drunkards go to great extremes
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But there has yet to be a perfectly straight
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line

Interlude 1

Verse 9
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Drunks are friendly when
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they're drunk and
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Drunks are hostile when they're drunk
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Which drunk it is,
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it all depends upon
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Verse 10
When drunks aren't drunk,
they thirst for drink
And the elephants are grey, not pink
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And the drink evaporates the man is gone,
gone, gone, gone

Verse 11
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Back to the yachts  and
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the subway cars
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To the hip flasks and fruit jars
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Flat on the face and flat on the behind
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Verse 12
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Oh, drunks get drunk and so it  seems
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That drunkards go to great extremes
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But there has yet to be a
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perfectly straight line
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Straight line
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Straight line